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5G-MAG elects Dolby’s Frédéric Gabin as new Chair
GENEVA — 5G-MAG - The Media Connectivity Association, has elected Frédéric Gabin to chair its Steering Group and lead the association into its next phase of growth. Gabin, currently the Director of Mobile Technology & Standards at Dolby Laboratories, succeeds founding chair Antonio Arcidiacono (EBU), who is retiring after leading the association since its inception in 2019. Rounding out the new leadership team are Vice-Chairs Robin Ribback (Swiss TXT/SRG SSR) and Victor K


14.04.2026 - Webinar - NTN & Content Delivery: From Specs to Software
ESA's NTN Forum and 5G-MAG are getting together to explore opportunities for experimentation around media delivery and NTN. On the Agenda Short introduction on NTN-Forum and Working Group Architectures and Experimentation (Maria G uta, Luca Lodigiani, Alex ander Hoffman o nly one of us for up to 7min ) Short introduction of 5G-MAG and 5G-MAG Reference Tools (Daniel Silhavy and Jordi J. Gimenez, 5G-MAG) Open-Source Implementation of MBS User Services in the 5G-MAG Reference


25.03.2026 - 5G-MAG TECH TALK - Streaming over LEO: Insights from Netflix on QoE
We are very excited to welcome Dr. Renata Teixeira, Staff Research Scientist at Netflix, to talk about their analysis of Netflix Streaming over Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite networks. The talk will also focus Quality of Experience (QoE) metrics, a relevant topic being explored in 5G-MAG. Abstract : Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite Networks bring broadband to new places—and new challenges to streaming. Netflix measurements from millions of households in 147 countries show tha


19.03.2026 - Workshop on Media Energy Consumption Measurement and Exposure
Co-organized between 3GPP SA4, Greening of Streaming and 5G-MAG, this workshop will bring experts together to explore the practical integration of energy measurement, reporting, and optimization within media streaming architectures, in particular with a focus on 5G and upcoming 6G systems REGISTER NOW ! (free attendance) 📅 Date: 19th March from 15:00 to 17:00 CET 📍 Location: On-Line via Zoom AGENDA Presentation and Logistics , by Thomas Stockhammer (Qualcomm) and Jordi J.


New Releases! - MBS User Services: MBSF and MBSTF
🎉 We are very pleased to announce the release of version 0.1.0 of the 5G-MAG Reference Tools including MBS Function. Congratulations to the whole team working on this release especially David Waring ( BBC ), Dev Audsin ( BBC ) and Richard Bradbury ( BBC ). This MBSF is a minimum viable product (MVP) supporting the following features: - MBS User Service creation, modification and deletion. - MBS User Data Ingest Session creation, modification and deletion. - Registratio


27.02.2026 - New Project: 6G Testbed & AI Traffic Characterization
A perfect way to end the week. Join us on Friday 27th February at 13:00 CET for a deep dive into the new 5G-MAG Reference Tools Project "6G Testbed and AI Traffic Characterization". This is a new open-source project maintained by 5G-MAG which provides a specialized environment for testing and characterizing how Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications interact with next-generation networks. Linked to the new 3GPP SA4 Study on 6G Media, the projects aims at helping the indu
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